Bag closer



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W. L. GILCHRIST BAG CLOSER Filed Apr. 4, 1921 M m.. Mm

BAG.' LGSEEL .dpplcaton filed April d,

To ai?, whom, may concern Be it hereby known that `WILMAM L Grnornrs'r,e citizen of the United States, end resident et Albany, in the county ofLinn and State of @regenu have invented e end nsefui Beg; Cioser7 nitwhich the feiifvrwinnj is s specification.

This inventien relates inere pertierdsriy to such es ere used fortobacco, but it is evident it is equeily sppiieebie te bags for otheruses.r y

The object of my invention is te provide ein exceedingly simple andeiiieient ineens for opening or dosing the nieuth et s beg Withoutrequiring the use of more than ene hand.

"i accomplish this result in theinenner set 'orth in the oiiowingspeeicetien and illustrated in the accompanying drawinge in which:

Figure l is ey front eieyetion showing my device within en erdiner itobeeee beg which is shown in dotted lines. Figure 2 is s side elevationof l end Figure plan. Figure .is s pien of .ny device showing; the

manner in which it is operated by the thumb sind ereinger. e i

Siniier numbers et reference refer te the seine or simiiar partsthroughout the seyersii vviews.

Referring in detail to the drawing, have censtrueted rny device of eill-shaped spring Wire 'freine member 11.0 Whose free ends ere 'formedinto the bends ih i2, 13 end le. The bends l1 serve es finger grips,Whiie the bends 13 forni a, hoek for the drew string` i5 et the beg 1.6.The bends 11i lre used te inish the tips et theV devise end clamp therim et the bag; :against the bends i2.

it wiii be evident 't .et in orden: te open e. ing equipped with mydevies it is only nee-- essery to press the bends 1i toward eeeh otheres shown in .Figure h eieesing' the pressure er these bends immediatelyeiesee ieei. no. 45eme.

the bag opening, end the degree of tightness Witn which this closing isedected is deteri'nined by the ernennt of gathering 'termed at theopening of the beg.

*t will be seen that the metter of adjustbhis device to bag is of itselfe Very simple nuitter, since it Consists in nothing more then tying 'thedrew string l5 to e size which is equei to the opening; it is desired tehave and then slipping the U-sheped 10 down into the bag and slippingthe opposite edges et the opening between the bends le; the bends 12 itWiii also be seen that for shipping purposes the Cnn be filled estightly es when any ether method of' closing is ern- Y eyed? inn, uch esthe internati gressure of the tebeeee sise increases the outward thrustset the ij-shaped member lO.

is siii tebecee begs are sealed by e strip ie it will be evident thatthere nity for tebeos@ to escape et any time, unless so desired by thebolder of the "What i daim as new is:

A. beg having' e drew string tied at e sins-lier diameter the diameteront the in (',enbinetien with n. belg closing device eensisting; et siii-shaped spring-Wire frame within seid and Whose upper ends nre firstbent inward and then outymrdiy i manner to "form e pair of hookshei/ing; their openings toward the outside of seid freine end edepted toreceive the mouth et the bag from the inside, the ends of said hooksbeing then turned inwardly in e, man ner to eieren the shouiders of seidbeg, seid wire frame having e slight inward bend on eeeh side beiov seidhoek portions adapted te receive the thumb end forenger when comHessing; seid freine which fiction @euses the mouth et seid beg te open.

